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Japan’s Minister of Digital Affairs catches attention by skipping escalator and using stairs【Photo】

While other high-ranking politicians waited for the escalator, digital policymaker opted for analog method.

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Japanese government, please stop using floppy discs, politician asks

And mini discs too.

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Japanese government to phase out fax machines, paper documents, personal seals

Just the fax, Kono.

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Bacon seems to have fried the brain of one of Japan’s top politicians, judging from crazy tweet

Minister for Foreign Affairs’ tweet descends into emoji madness before ending on a porky cliffhanger.

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Japanese Twitter users surprised that the Foreign Minister did something cool

It took about a decade, but the Abe administration is finally figuring out how to use Twitter.

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